Report on 5th World Congress on Foodborne Infections and Intoxications, Berlin

Summary

​2004 - World Meat Hygiene and Inspection Congress and World Congress on Foodborne Infections and Intoxications

The World Meat Hygiene and Inspection Congress is a bi-annual meeting, mainly of veterinarians from countries involved in the global meat trade. The World Congress on Foodborne infections is a large multi-topic congress.

MLA work was presented on:

determining risk of illness due to meat products- especially cooked, chilled meats
validating risk control measures
A report on the congress is available.

2006 - International Association for Food Protection

The Annual Meeting (conference) of IAFP has become the leading venue concerned with the protection of the worldwide food supply.

Each meeting is attended by over 1,500 of the top industry, academic and government food safety professionals. With a reputation for quality content, the Annual Meeting features over 500 technical papers, posters and symposia, detailing current information on a variety of topics relating to food

A MLA paper on practical risk assessment and risk management in the Australian red meat industry was presented.

2010 - International Association for Food Protection and Danish Meat Research Institute

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection an MLA supported project, Evaluation of a predictive model for total viable and lactic acid bacteria on refrigerated vacuum-packed beef primals, was presented.

The Danish Meat Research Institute is a leading research group in meat technology, where researchers have been developing predictive models for shelf-life of meat, including those for organoleptic and microbiological characteristics of meat. They have been developing a model for MLA, but this is only a small part of their knowledge.

A conference report is available.